Registration for the Sixth Annual Renegade Open is now GO!

Our event dates are 11/16 – 11/18/2018, at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West Hotel

You can find our Registration Page HERE

We have the following events available:

– Warhammer 40k GT (96 player Main Event) < ITC >
– Warhammer 40k Two-man Team Tournament * NEW *
– Warhammer AOS GT <ITC event>
– Warhammer Horus Heresy Events (30k ALL weekend!)
– Shadespire Grand Clash * NEW *
– Warhammer 40k Knights Joust (30 PL, any faction)
– Warhammer 40k Combat Patrol
– Warhammer 40k Friendly * NEW *
– Warhammer 40k Narrative * NEW *
– Malifaux Events
– Star Wars: XWing 2.0 Pods
– Star Wars: Armada Events
– Infinity 2-Day Narrative Event
– Kings of War GT
– Batman Miniatures Game Events
– Bolt Action GT and Events
– Warmachine & Hordes Events
– Hobby Classes for all levels
– A VENDOR HALL!!!

We have, for your gaming pleasure:

• Multiple events for Games Workshop, Bolt Action, Malifaux, Armada, Batman Miniatures, and Warmachine!
• Kings of War and Bolt Action have expanded!
• Horus Heresy has events ALL Day, in different formats
• We have added a Two-Player 40k Team Tournament on Friday, and a 40k Friendly on Sunday!
• Don’t forget Hobby Classes and our Vendor Hall

SO MUCH going on this year …. We keep growing, and we love it.

Is it November yet?

~ The Renegade Open Event Staff

Today we are going to discuss the Army Construction Rules you can find at Renegade Open Events and some of our partner events. You’ve read the change we are making to 1650, but let’s discuss why. In the middle of the article, we’ll have the Army Construction Rules, and at the end links to the events, so far, that are planning to use them. So let’s dive into the data stream!

1850pts 7th Ed. from 2015 Renegade Open.
174 games were played, 58 players, 6 games, 2 players per game.
57%, 99 games, were finished ‘naturally’, dice roll, turn 7, or Tabling.
43%, 75 games, went to time and didn’t finish their game ‘naturally’.
20%, 35 games, finished with more than 20 minutes left in the round, most were tabling.

1650pts 7th Ed. from 2016 Renegade Open.
180 games were played, 60 people x 6 rounds /2 for number of people per table.
97%, 174 games were finished ‘naturally’. End on dice roll, turn 7, or Tabling.
3%, 6 games ran to time, 2hrs 30mins.
80%, 144 of all games finished with 20 minutes or more left in the round.
The rest finished with less time remaining.

2000pts 8th Ed. from 2017 Renegade Open.
“Naturally” completed games are those that get through Battle Round(Game Turn) 6 or Tabled/Conceded.
A total of 288 games were played (96 players, 6 games each).
60% of games (173) played FAILED to complete “naturally”.
25% Completed (72 Games) by Tabled/Conceded.
15% Completed (41 Games) by ending on Battle Round 6.
This was played at 2000 Points, and with 3 Detachments.

As a consequence of the above data we are returning to 1650. We conducted a straw poll recently to get a feel for what point value to go with.
256 respondents.
4 wanted 1850.
126 voted 1750.
126 voted 1650.

With such a close call between the two (1750 versus 1500), we decided to just go with what we’d already done as a compromise between the two values. Hence the return to 1650.

Now for the part you all have been waiting for the rules and the events so far that will use them.

Army Construction Rules:
1. Armies will consist of 1650 points or less.
2. Armies will be battle-forged and can include the following options:
3. 3 Detachments of any kind are allowed.
4. 0-1 Supreme Command Detachment.
5. No Single Model Units of Power Level >30 will be allowed.
6. You must use the most current version of the rules for your army and HAVE THE BOOK(s) Present with you, no exceptions (this is to ensure there is no miscommunication between you and your opponent). An Electronic Copy is just fine to have.
7. Game length is set to 6 Battle Rounds. Do not roll for additional turns.

As a consequence of lower points CHARACTERS were found to be too tough when spammed in an army that still had a ton of chaff units. So we continue with our limitation of the Supreme Command Detachment as a 0-1 choice.

On to the events!

19-20 May 2018 Spring Conflagration GT.
64 Max person 5 Round GT with a higher emphasis on Sportsmanship and Hobby scores.
Sign ups are open, see our website for details.

26-27 May 2018 Midwest Conquest GT.
80 Max person 6 Round GT.
This event also includes a Knight Joust as seen at the Flying Monkey GT and the Renegade Open.
Our friends and partners at the Preferred Enemies Podcast, where our own David Arimond is the sometimes there 5th Chair.

https://www.midwestconquest.com

Sign ups on the website.
Plan to attend this one folks. They auction off a charity army every year, proceeds go to Wounded Warrior Project, helping disabled Veterans get a home that is accessible to them.

July 21-22 Renegade Team Championships
More details coming shortly on this event. But it will be in the style of ETC with a twist. Each team with be 4 with an optional coach as a 5th. Each of the Players must play a Single Renegade Primary for the entire tournament, each team must play all 4 Primary Missions.
Details forthcoming.

16-18 November, Renegade Open our premier event, entering its 6th year.
Details and prices to come. Look for this one to be announced soon.

The below are events using the missions but may not necessarily following the Army Construction.

6-7 October Iron Halo GT.
2000pt Renegade and ITC Missions Event.

http://www.ironhalo.org

Hosted at On the Rock Ministries, in Bartlesville OK.

http://www.ontherockministries.com

The Iron Halo GT is an event that directly benefits On the rock Ministries which is a Non-Profit that specializes in helping disenfranchised kids and youth with activities, general counseling, and so much more. If you can get to this you should.

Alrighty Generals, this one was a bit long but we made it through. Hope to see you all in the next post.

Tertiary Objectives (9 pts possible)
BOTH PLAYERS MAY SCORE ANY OR ALL OF THESE OBJECTIVES DURING A GAME.

• Renegade Maelstrom: Each player CHOOSES 2 Objectives, at the BEGINNING OF YOUR PLAYER TURN.
• These are the Renegade Maelstrom objectives you will attempt to score at the BEGINNING OF YOUR NEXT TURN.
• Remembering to select objectives is your responsibility. If you fail to select Renegade Maelstrom objectives you can NOT score Renegade Maelstrom points on the following turn.
• Each Renegade Maelstrom Objective is UNIQUE and may only be attempted once per game.
• Players may only score their own Objectives and are scored at the BEGINNING OF YOUR NEXT TURN.
• Any UNSCORED objectives are discarded.
• Track the selected ones on the Mission Sheet, mark those earned and tally the total on the Mission Score Sheet.

Remember:
1. Points are progressive you keep what you earn up to a Max of TWELVE (12) points.
2. Objectives Cannot Be Chosen on Turn 6.

So this is still the same. You select your Maelstrom Objectives at the start of your turn. But unlike others who have done similar, once chosen you cannot choose them again in the same game. This is to allow you the flexibility of choice but without being able to “spam” the best choices for your army. This helps to alleviate issues either with random card draws, dice rolls, or other random factors from dictating the score-ability of the player’s game.

Let’s look next at placement of the Renegade Markers. It’s presented here, and in the packet during Setup.

OBJECTIVE MARKERS must be placed more than 6 inches from any table edge and more than 12 inches from any other Objective Markers and ARE DEPLOYED FACE DOWN.
1. There are 6 Objective Markers in total.
2. 2 sets of #1, #2, & #3.
3. Each player is to deploy their objective markers in the following manner:
4. An Objective is deployed in your own Deployment Zone.
5. An Objective is deployed between Deployment Zones.
6. An Objective is deployed in your opponent’s Deployment Zone.
7. Control is measured from the EDGES of the Markers (for ease of play).

This deployment of markers is to ensure that players still have options for their markers, but they must still be placed across most of the board. Last year we allowed players to place freely with only keeping the markers 12” apart. The feed back from players who had played both methods asked that this method be reinstated (54/96 players at ROGT ‘18).

Next we look at the choices themselves that can be picked during the game.

The choices are as follows:
1. Control either Objective #1.
2. Control either Objective #2.
3. Control either Objective #3.
4. Have more units outside of your Deployment Zone than opponent does from theirs.
5. Completely Destroy 1 enemy unit.
6. Completely Destroy 1 enemy unit.
7. Completely Destroy 1 enemy unit.
8. Control more Maelstrom Objective Markers than opponent.
9. Have at least 3 of your own units wholly within your Deployment Zone and NO enemy units.
10. Have at least 1 unit wholly within your opponent’s Deployment Zone.

The above are pretty standard selections. This is to allow players both the choice or order to attempt but to have something familiar enough to make those choices easy and not consume an undue amount of time.

Next we look at the Sacrifice Choices that can score you extra points to help you score.

PUSH THEM BACK! – Choose 2 of your “Control Either Objective” Renegade Maelstroms, Sacrifice them to gain an attempt at a new one: PUSH THEM BACK! – Control ANY 4 Renegade Maelstrom Objective Markers to gain 3 points. Taking this Consumes BOTH of your choices for this round.

SLAY THEM ALL! – Choose 2 of your “Completely Destroy 1 enemy unit” Renegade Maelstroms, Sacrifice them to gain an attempt at a new one: SLAY THEM ALL! – Completely Destroy 4 enemy units to gain 3 points. Taking this Consumes BOTH of your choices for this round.

With the “Push Them Back” and “Slay Them All” it is possible to score the Max of 12 points for Maelstrom. Without them by playing it safe you will only be able to get 10 points from Maelstrom.

Tune in next time later today when we will go over the expanded Renegade Tertiaries.

Next we have No Mercy, an altered version of what was formerly called Kill Points.

The Player using the Primary Mission: “No Mercy”: you must track Kill Points (whole units destroyed).
1. Scoring Begins on the 2nd Battle Round.
2. Scoring is done at the end of each Battle Round.
3. If you destroyed at least 1 enemy unit you score 1 pt to a Max of 4 pts.
4. If you destroyed more enemy units than your opponent each Battle Round, score +1 pt, to a Max of 4 pts.
5. If you have more Kill Points than your opponent at the end of the game, you score a Bonus of 4 pts.
6. You can score a max of 12 points.

With No Mercy, you earn points while attacking you enemies, but you still must destroy more than you opponent at the end to get the full points by obtaining the 4 point Bonus.

The Player using the Primary Mission: “Assassination”: write down on your mission sheet before Deployment four (4) enemy units that are marked for Assassination, you MUST write these down on the SCORE SHEET, mark off all that were destroyed. The complete destruction of these units becomes your Primary Mission.
1. Reveal to your opponent before Deployment (Step 5 of setup).
2. Each target unit destroyed is worth 2 points to a maximum of 8 points.
3. If you destroy all 4 targets you get a completion Bonus of 4 pts.
4. You can score a max of 12 points.

This is a more “Asymmetrical” Mission, the activities of your opponent don’t matter as much, as you Mission is just to destroy all of the selected targets. Take special care in what you pick though, without destroying all 4 you won’t get more than 6 points for this one. We also took care to give the defending player more chances to save those units, by making known earlier in setup what those targets are, so you can better deploy them to protect them from the enemy.

The Player Using the Primary Mission: “Supply Grab”: The player that chose this mission is trying to hold Renegade Objective Markers at the end of each Battle Round (formerly Game Turn) after the first.
1. Control is measured from the EDGES of the Markers (for ease of play).
2. Scoring Begins on the 2nd Battle Round.
3. Objectives in Your Own Deployment Zone are worth 1 point each.
4. Objectives in “No Man’s Land” in between the Deployment Zones are worth 1 point each.
5. Objectives in your Opponent’s Deployment Zone are worth 2 points each.
6. You can score a max of 12 points.

The last one “Supply Grab”, is also Asymmetrical in that you are just trying to grab as many Objectives during the course of the game as possible. Since you are effectively just going for a smash and grab style attack, unlike “Objectives”, your opponent will have to keep you from the markers to prevent you from scoring.

That’s all the Primary Missions folks. As you can see each is designed with a different army type in mind for being the “best” at them. It’ll be up to you to decide which to pursue. Next we’ll go over Renegade Maelstrom, completing and scoring them. See you all soon!

Each game has the following to be played for during each game. Primary Missions (12 possible), Renegade Maelstrom (12 possible), and Tertiary Objectives (9 possible). There is a maximum of 33 points possible per game.

Primary Missions (12 pts possible)
1. There will be 4 Primary Mission Tokens given to you at the beginning of the tournament, each one stands for one of the following Primary Mission types. Each may be used only once per 3 tournament rounds.
2. Points are progressive you keep what you earn up to a Max of TWELVE (12) points.

Take a look below, and be sure to tell us what you think.

Thanks again to everyone who attended, and we will see you next year!

~ The Renegade Open Staff

Have you heard about Fantasy Flight Games new miniatures game, Star Wars: Legion? Fantasy Flight Organized Play will demo the new game at the Renegade Open!

Come learn the newest game set in the Star Wars universe!

02:00p – 08:00p FRI 11/17

10:00p – 06:00p SAT 11/18

Kiosk area, Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West Hotel